I would say the opposite is the case. The reason they don't opt for a 778 or something like that is  because they want to fly the route asap and they can't have one of those designs before the 2020s let alone delays and changes in specs. Furthermore, from what I understood, Airbus probably ...

Unfortunately, they are not. There are negotiations right now between the union and LH about a pension scheme and other topics, one of them the new low-cost subsidiaries. They oppose all the plans have already shut down LHs operations a few times in the last couple of months. However, due to the ...